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HOW MEDIATION WORKS
Mediation is a mental process. It allows both parties to identify, clarify and resolve issues raised by your divorce. This neutral process rests on firm ground rules and a confidential environment. Even emotionally charged issues can be talked about safely. Our mediation team helps partners gather necessary information, and can help you formulate a more creative, satisfying solution than the court could offer. When parenting agreements and financial distribution plans are created by the parties themselves, there is a better chance of satisfying the needs of the entire family. Mediated divorces have a higher rate of long-range parental cooperation and a lower frequency of costly court returns.
Mediation will enable you to:
- Resolve your parenting plan fairly.
- Control the outcome of your divorce.
- Reach an equitable financial agreement.
By avoiding the combat of the litigation process,
the stage for continuing cooperation in raising children is set.
Benefits of a Mediated Divorce:
- Enables individuals to emerge from a divorce
with dignity and self-respect.
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Empowers both
parties to recognize
legitimate needs,
and helps them
develop options to
meet those needs.
- Mediation establishes a foundation for
future co-parenting. It protects family relationships while helping a
couple dissolve their relationship as husband and wife.
- Focuses on the present and the future, not
the past, and helps individuals move beyond the past to direct their
energies toward independent futures.
- Avoids the polarizing tendencies of the
litigation system.
- Reduces uncertainty for the family, and
minimizes confusion and delay for children.
- Offers a confidential, informal context for
reaching agreement.
- Allows for more control over the costs of
the process.
IF YOU ARE ABOUT TO END YOUR RELATIONSHIP, MEDIATION IS THE BEST PLACE TO BEGIN. |
